Political Quotes

“The amendment that we had been prepared to introduce... is to have the reporting requirement so that every 60 days the Federal Government will have to file a written report with the United States Congress stating the nature of these contracts that are being used for the reconstruction of Iraq, the country of origin of incorporation or entity getting the contract and the country of origin of the services or manufactured items. There is a very rich opportunity in this country to help restore the crumbling manufacturing base by taking the $21 billion in money to rebuild Iraq and to target that at United States' manufacturing companies which have lost nearly 3 million workers in the past 2 rac{1}{2} ext{ years}. The present reporting requirements of H.R. 3289 are not adequate for Congress to perform the oversight functions. The present bill requires no reporting to Congress where a foreign company wins a contract to assist Iraq in a free and open competition.”